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The reeling White Sox absorbed their 13th
sweep. Chicago has lost seven of eight entering the All-Star
break, including four in a row. The White Sox are a major
league-worst 27-71.
Oneil Cruz, Joshua Palacios and Reynolds each had two hits and
an RBI for Pittsburgh. Quinn Priester (2-5) picked up the
victory with two innings of one-run relief.
Eloy Jimenez grounded into a double play in the bottom of the
first inning to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead.
Resigned to a bullpen game in the final contest of the first
half, Chicago stayed afloat in the early innings despite an
early injury to right-hander Michael Soroka.
Soroka got the final out of the second but left with right
shoulder soreness after throwing a ball to open the third, just
his third pitch of the afternoon.
Chad Kuhl followed opener Jared Shuster and Soroka with four
innings of four-run, six-hit ball in his third relief outing of
at least four innings since joining the team in mid-June. Kuhl
walked two, hit a batter and struck out four while falling to
0-1.
Cruz tied the game at 1 with a third-inning double. Chicago's
Andrew Benintendi responded with a solo homer in the bottom
half, one of his three hits, before the Pirates answered again.
Kuhl retired the first batter of the Pittsburgh fourth but a
single and walk brought up Bart, who lined a three-run shot to
left-center for a 4-2 lead.
The Pirates added four runs in the seventh, including a two-run
triple from Nick Gonzales on a misplayed fly ball.
Luis Robert Jr. had three hits and Jimenez added two for the
White Sox. Chicago stranded 10 runners and went 2-for-11 with
men in scoring position.
Pittsburgh starter Mitch Keller allowed two runs and four hits
in three innings.
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